Nagakawa-san apprenticed with the legendary master blacksmith Kenichi Shiraki who created the Shiraki Hamono brand, until becoming its leader when Shiraki-san retired. In 2005 Nakagawa-san changed the brand name to Nakagawa Hamono.
The blade we offer you here is a yanagiba, a single-bevel blade, mainly intended for cutting fish and occasionally it can also be used for pieces of boneless meat.
Forged from Aogami #1 steel (Japanese blue steel) with a soft iron coating and kasumi finish.
Aogami #1 steel has a hardness of approximately 63 HRC which allows it to have an extremely sharp and polished edge, ideal for cutting raw proteins, and with remarkable edge retention.
Brand: Hatsukokoro
Blacksmith: Satoshi Nakagawa
Steel: Aogami n.1
Finish: kasumi
Hardness: 63 HRC
Blade length: 32.7 cm
Height of blade at heel: 3.3 cm
Blade thickness at the heel: 3.6 mm
Blade thickness at tip: 1.3 mm
Weight: 233 gr
The handle is handcrafted with a hybrid pine cone, with resin and bronze spacers.
